Paperwork pushes teachers to breaking point

Administrative duties are taking up an increasing amount of time, to the detriment of both staff members and students. Zou Shuo reports.

Few teachers enter the profession expecting an easy life and to only work from 9 am to 5 pm, but recently workloads, especially endless paperwork that appears to have little to do with teaching, have spiraled out of control.

It's unlikely that anyone would choose a career in teaching because they enjoy filling out forms and dealing with inspections, but now administration has become a large part of the job.